A Top 20 Women’s Empowerment Podcast
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women’s Empowerment Podcast hosted by Deneen L. Garrett, centering Black women and Women of Color through intimate, honest conversations rooted in empowerment, resilience, and transformation. Each episode features real stories of women living their Dream Lifestyle™ NOW — done waiting, done shrinking, done putting their dreams on hold. 65K+ listeners monthly. Subscribe, listen, and rise.
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
A Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast

Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation

The podcast where Women of Color stories take center stage.

Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬 Women's Empowerment Podcast centering Women of Color—our stories, our leadership, our lives—and amplifying voices that reflect our full humanity, including Black women 50+ and LGBTQ+ women who are ready to choose themselves boldly and unapologetically.

This show is for the woman who's done waiting. Done shrinking. Done putting her dreams on hold. Each episode delivers intimate, honest conversations rooted in empowerment, resilience, and transformation—stories of women who've navigated real life, redefined success on their own terms, and are living their Dream Lifestyle™️ NOW.

Hosted by Deneen L. Garrett — Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect, International Speaker, Writer.

🎙️ Press play. Choose yourself.

[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking

 

Recent Episodes

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Sept. 3, 2026

[Replay] Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking

Corporate leadership, faith, and cultural identity don't have to compete for space — they can be the same foundation. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho, a Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, speaker, and writer with over 15 years of experience navigating faith and leadership in the financial and insurance industries. Violette shares how showing up as her full, authentic self — rather than code-switching
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Aug. 27, 2026

Six Months, One Mission: What We Built Together + The Legacy of Our Children

Six Months, One Mission: What We Built Together + The Legacy of Our Children with Oryne Stewart Sr. Oryne Stewart Sr., producer from The Leon Thomas Group, joins Deneen L. Garrett to close out the first six months of WOC Live — freestyling through the season, unscripted, Mr. Rogers-style, as guests from the WOC Live neighborhood popped in throughout the hour. Deneen and Oryne reflect on what WOC Live set out to build back in March versus what it's become, then shift into an unplanned but over
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Aug. 20, 2026

Executive French Fluency: How Rachel Pierre Turned Language Into Leverage

Rachel Pierre, Founder and CEO of Parlez!, joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to unpack executive French fluency, accent bias, and code-switching — and how she left a 15-year FinTech career to build a business the market didn't know it needed. Rachel shares how leaving computer engineering and FinTech became the doorway to purpose, why cultural fluency — not just grammar — is what unlocks trust and insider access in French-speaking boardrooms across France, Monaco, and Francophone

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Aug. 27, 2026

Teaching Financial Literacy to the Apple Pay Generation: How to Raise Kids Who Value Money

financial literacy Apple Pay generation Raising children in the digital age presents a unique challenge for parents trying to instill traditional values around money, hard work, and financial discipline. With tap-to-pay, digital wallets, and instan…
Aug. 21, 2026

Overcoming Accent Bias: How Rachel Pierre Turned Language Into Executive Leverage

On this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Rachel Pierre, Founder and CEO of Parlez!, to unpack how executive French fluency — not just grammar, but true cognitive and cultural fluency — became…
Aug. 13, 2026

How to Turn Being Fired Into a Catalyst for Art Business Success

Dontae T. Muse didn't plan to become a gallery owner. He was working as a manager at a car dealership when a two-week trip to Colombia shifted something in him — and by the time he got back, he was fired within days. "That was the catalyst," he says…